News P. Craig Russell on Murder Mysteries Interview with Russell about the new edition of Murder Mysteries, his collaboration with Neil Gaiman about the murder of an angel in heaven. Fantagraphics to Publish Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It Anne Ishii and Graham Kolbeins talk about their upcoming anthology and Japan’s gay manga…
Shiapologyscape 2014
Yesterday, noted plagiarist Shia Labeouf hired a skywriting company to publicly apologize to noted nonplagiarist Daniel Clowes. It was a bold move from this shameless copier–the only question is, who did he steal it from? (No, his sincerity is not in question. We know he’s not sincere.) Because we can’t answer that definitively, we put together…
News & Things: Happy Boxing Day!
Welcome back to News & Things! It’s a slow news day, as a lot of people are still digging into their Yule Logs, but we still have some tasty news bites for you! News Superman’s Resurgence Dashes Hopes for Shazam Movie Hoping to see Billy Batson’s Captain Marvel on the big screen? Unfortunately it may…
Top Ten Holiday Movies
Ok, we lied. We’re counting down our Top 12 Holiday Movies, because we couldn’t stop at just ten. So you’ve unwrapped your gifts, had your breakfast of cookies and ‘nog, and now you’re settling in for the time-honoured tradition of avoiding your family until turkey. Have we got some distractions for you! 12. Hogfather It’s Hogswatchnight, when…
Last Minute Gift Guide 2: Stuff and things
Wait, you’re STILL shopping? Girl, I thought we had you covered with that last round of recommendations. Oh, you’re looking for some seeing-you-after-Christmas-so-I-can-be-horrendously-late gifts! Well then. We’ve got you covered with these online buys. Like our last roundup of cool things, we’ve held back on posting prices, due to the internationality of our readership (and…
News & Things: Wet Hot Ant-Man Summer
News Paul Rudd in Talks for Ant-Man We may have our Hank Pym! Paul Rudd is in early negotiations for Edgar Wright’s long-gestating Ant-Man film. Lauren Faust on Super Best Friends Forever DC Collectibles talks to Faust about her SBFF (“SssBOOFs!”) character designs. 27 Pieces of Denys Cowan Art Missing Original concept art and comic…
Shiagiarism 2: Electric LaBeoufaloo
Today Buzzfeed reported that Shia not only plagiarized Dan Clowes in his short film, and Yahoo! Answers in his apology for plagiarizing Dan Clowes, he also plagiarized Charles Bukowski and several other writers in his original comics. And then he plagiarized Tiger Woods in his apology for plagiarizing Bukowski. Is Shia for real with all…
Last Minute Gift Guide: Books and Comics
Still shopping, huh? Don’t worry, we’ve got some ideas for you. We’ve held back on prices—availability, shipping, and prices vary so much—but rest assured, a wide variety of price points is represented. Today we’ve got book and comic book recommendations. Come back Friday for recommendations on geeky stuff and things.
Shia LaBeouf Plagiarizes Daniel Clowes, Joins Decepticons
Shia LaBeouf, Hollywood actor and self-published comic book artist, posted his short film HowardCantour.Com on Monday; the film has been making the film festival rounds, but it wasn’t until it was shared online that audiences noticed it was…more than meets the eye. (Cue synth guitar, robotic “pew-pew” noises.) HowardCantour.com, about an online film critic played…
News & Things: Marvels, Miracles, and McBain
News ‘Marvels & Monsters’ Exhibit Explores Comics’ Portrayal of Asians Art exhibition to examine the various depictions of Asian characters in comics, such as SHIELD’s Jimmy Woo and stereotypical villain the Yellow Claw. Ed Piskor Talks Hip Hop Family Tree The Washington Post interviews Ed Piskor about Hip Hop Family Tree, his graphic novel about…
Friday Poll: Favorite Comic Book Movie of the Year
2013 is winding down and “Best of” lists are sprouting up everywhere like X-Men comics starring Wolverine, so WWAC wants to know: what was your favorite comic book movie of 2013? Were you impressed by Marvel’s follow-ups to The Avengers, or thrilled by Man of Steel? Was Red 2 underrated, or did you make it…
News & Things: A Very Dark Phoenix Christmas
Read of the Week The A.V. Club asks, “What does X-Men’s Dark Phoenix Saga have in common with Christmas?” “Because at the time, all I understood was that Jean Grey had become the most powerful force in the universe—which I only knew because she ate one—and that she was made of fire and, at least…